Application of UAVs for tourism security and safety

Ko, Young Dae; Song, Byung Duk

doi:10.1108/apjml-07-2020-0476

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“…For virtual tourism, drones serve as destination marketing tools to produce large amounts of visually appealing footages of various destinations [36]. On the part of tourism service providers, major considerations regarding economic viability and operational feasibility need to be addressed in order to efficiently deploy drones in the tourism sector [37]. While tourists tend to have a better appreciation of the potential uses of drones compared to managers of tourist centers, there is need to set boundaries of what is acceptable [38].…”

Section: Drones As Social Science Research Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

Hall

Wahab

2021

Drones

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Drones are increasingly becoming a ubiquitous feature of society. They are being used for a multiplicity of applications for military, leisure, economic, and academic purposes. Their application in academia, especially as social science research tools, has seen a sharp uptake in the last decade. This has been possible due, largely, to significant developments in computerization and miniaturization, which have culminated in safer, cheaper, lighter, and thus more accessible drones for social scientists. Despite their increasingly widespread use, there has not been an adequate reflection on their use in the spatial social sciences. There is need for a deeper reflection on their application in these fields of study. Should the drone even be considered a tool in the toolbox of the social scientist? In which fields is it most relevant? Should it be taught as a course in the social sciences much in the same way that spatially-oriented software packages have become mainstream in institutions of higher learning? What are the ethical implications of its application in spatial social science? This paper is a brief reflection on these questions. We contend that drones are a neutral tool which can be good and evil. They have actual and potentially wide applicability in academia but can be a tool through which breaches in ethics can be occasioned given their unique abilities to capture data from vantage perspectives. Researchers therefore need to be circumspect in how they deploy this powerful tool which is increasingly becoming mainstream in the social sciences.

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Section: Drones As Social Science Research Toolsmentioning

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The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

Hall

Wahab

2021

Drones

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“…UAVs can be employed in different uses depending on the types of sensors that are incorporated in the equipment [47]. Using UAVs with a camera sensor, UAVs allow for photographic surveys to develop accurate three-dimensional models for various applications, such as intelligent monitoring of the construction progress of large-scale projects [45,48], emergency assistance [49] and industrial operations safety monitoring [50][51][52].…”

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Interoperability of Digital Tools for the Monitoring and Control of Construction Projects

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Monitoring the progress on a construction site during the construction phase is crucial. An inadequate understanding of the project status can lead to mistakes and inappropriate actions, causing delays and increased costs. Monitoring and controlling projects via digital tools would reduce the risk of error and enable timely corrective actions. Although there is currently a wide range of technologies for these purposes, these technologies and interoperability between them are still limited. Because of this, it is important to know the possibilities of integration and interoperability regarding their implementation. This article presents a bibliographic synthesis and interpretation of 30 nonconventional digital tools for monitoring progress in terms of field data capture technologies (FDCT) and communication and collaborative technologies (CT) that are responsible for information processing and management. This research aims to perform an integration and interoperability analysis of technologies to demonstrate their potential for monitoring and controlling construction projects during the execution phase. A network analysis was conducted, and the results suggest that the triad formed by building information modeling (BIM), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and photogrammetry is an effective tool; the use of this set extends not only to monitoring and control, but also to all phases of a project.

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“…For virtual tourism, drones serve as destination marketing tools to produce large amounts of visually appealing footages of various destinations (Stankov et al, 2019). On the part of tourism service providers, major considerations regarding economic viability and operational feasibility need to be addressed in order to efficiently deploy drones in the tourism sector (Ko & Song, 2021). While tourists tend to have a better appreciation of the potential uses of drones compared to managers of tourist centers, there is need to set boundaries of what is acceptable (Hay, 2016).…”

Section: Drones As Social Science Research Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

Hall¹,

Wahab²

2021

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Drones are increasingly becoming a ubiquitous feature of society. They are being used for a multiplicity of applications for military, leisure, economic, and academic purposes. Their application in the latter, especially as social science research tools has seen a sharp uptake in the last decade. This has been possible due, largely, to significant developments in computerization and miniaturization which have culminated in safer, cheaper, lighter, and thus more accessible drones for social scientists. Despite their increasingly widespread use, there has not been an adequate reflection on their use in the spatial social sciences. There is need a deeper reflection on their application in these fields of study. Should the drone even be considered a tool in the toolbox of the social scientist? In which fields is it most relevant? Should it be taught as a course in the universities much in the same way that geographic information system (GIS) became mainstream in geography? What are the ethical implications of its application in the spatial social science? This paper is a brief reflection on these questions. We contend that drones are a neutral tool which can be good and evil. They have actual and potential wide applications in academia but can be a tool through which breaches in ethics can be occasioned given their unique abilities to capture data from vantage perspectives. Researchers therefore need to be circumspect in how they deploy this powerful tool which is increasingly becoming mainstream in the social sciences.

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Application of UAVs for tourism security and safety

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

Interoperability of Digital Tools for the Monitoring and Control of Construction Projects

The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences

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